Days of the Omer 1861 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5621

7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot ㊾

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5621 began on and ended on .

Counting of the Omer (or Sefirat Ha’omer, Hebrew: ספירת העומר) is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot. This mitzvah derives from the Torah commandment to count forty-nine days beginning from the day on which the Omer, a sacrifice containing an omer-measure of barley, was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, up until the day before an offering of wheat was brought to the Temple on Shavuot. The Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan) for Rabbinic Jews, and after the weekly Shabbat during Passover for Karaite Jews, and ends the day before the holiday of Shavuot, the ‘fiftieth day.’.

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Dates for Days of the Omer

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Days of the Omer 1858 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5618
Days of the Omer 1859 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5619
Days of the Omer 1860 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5620
Days of the Omer 1861 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5621
Days of the Omer 1862 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5622
Days of the Omer 1863 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5623
Days of the Omer 1864 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5624
Days of the Omer 1865 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5625
Days of the Omer 1866 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5626
Days of the Omer 1867 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5627
Days of the Omer 1868 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5628

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Counting of the Omer” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
Counting the Omer: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide

Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai: Omer poems

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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